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J. R. WILLIAMS. Dies for'SWagng Horseshoes.

No. 225,258. nPatented Mar. 9, 1880.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN R. VILLIAMS, 0F JOHN SIOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO l OAMBRIA IRON COMPANY.

DIE FOR SWAGING HORSESHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,258, dated March 9, 1880.

Application led December 19, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN R. WLLLLAMs, of Johnstown, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have invented anew y and useful Improvement in Dies for Swaging of which the following is a speci- `crease, in order to impart to the creases an oblique shape, inclininginward from the outer edge ofthe shoe, so as to adapt them to give the proper inclination to the nails, especially those near the front, to cause them to penetrate the hooi' to the requisite depth and prevent them from' emerging from the oblique front Wall of the hoof too near its lower extremity.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a View of the upper or Working face ot' the bed-die. Fig. 2 is a view of the under or Working face ofthe upper die. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of the beddie on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudi` nal vertical section of the upper die on the line 4 4, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the under side of a shoe as swaged in my improved dies. Fig. 6 is a transverse section thereof on the line 6 6, Fig. 5.

B is the bed-die, adapted to impart the desired shape and iinish to the under side of a horseshoe. I have shown at C C depressions or pockets for the reception of' calks, as described in my Patent No. 182,731, dated the 26th of September, 1876; but these are not My present improvements are equally applicable to the nishing of horseshoes with or Without calks.

D D represent nail-creases formed in the shoe or the blank, preferably by means of machinery which I have described in a separate application for Letters Patent. In order to impart to these nailereases an inward inclination, especially at the front of the shoe, I form upon the bed-die B protuberances d d', which, when the metal is under pressure between the dies, have the effect of producing depressions d in the surface of the shoe, the metal thus displaced being pressed overthe upper part of the nail-creases, so as to give their inner Wall the represented undercut or inclined shape in order to aid in imparting the proper inclination to the nails to cause them to penetrate the hoof to the requisite depth and not emerge or run out too near its extremity. rIhe top die, A, is formed with a depression or pocket, e, for the reception of the toe-clip or toe-rest, which is formed on the blank or on the shoe at a previous operation. This pocket serves to protect the said toe-clip from distortion or injury under the sWaging pressure, and also to impart the nal shape and finish thereto.

The dies are so formed andproportioned as to adapt them to impart the iinal finish to a horseshoe of any size, style, or shape, the present invention not being limited in its ap plica-tion to horseshoes of any special construction.

Having thus described my inveiition, the following is what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A die for imparting nal shape or nish to horseshoes, formed With protuberances d d on its face, to swage the inner wall of the crease over toward the outer Wall of the crease, in order to leave an oblique or undercut crease, as hereinbefore described.

JOHN R. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses OoTAviUs KNIGHT, WALTER ALLEN. 

